Adaptation of the Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait for the Assessment of Chocolate Cravings: Validation across British and Spanish Women

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2007

Publication Title

Appetite

Volume

49

Issue

1

First page number:

245

Last page number:

250

Abstract

English and Spanish versions of the FCQ-T [Cepeda-Benito, A., Gleaves, D. H., Williams, T. L., & Erath, S. A. (2000). The development and validation of the state and trait food-cravings questionnaires. Behavior Therapy, 31, 151–173] were adapted to create the food chocolate-craving questionnaire trait (FCCQ-T). Female college students from England (N=293), and Spain (N=373) completed the FCCQ-T. Good and similar measurement fits for the English and Spanish versions were found. In concordance with the higher consumption of chocolate in Britain, British women reported greater chocolate cravings than Spanish women. Overall, the FCCQ-T appears a well-suited instrument to investigate chocolate cravings in English- and Spanish-speaking populations.

Keywords

Food craving; Chocolate craving; Cultural differences

Disciplines

Health Psychology

Language

English

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